Marking device



y 1957 J.,GRIESINGER 2,799,104

' MARKING DEV-ICE Filed .Oct. 7, 1955 1mm GRIESINGER ATTORNEY MARKING DEVICE.

John Griesinger, Covina, Calif., assignor to William F.

' Griesinger, Van Nuys, Calif.

Application October 7, 1955, Serial No. 539,198

3 Claims. (c1. 40-2 My invention relates to a means for attachment to textile and like fabrics, whether plain orfashioned, to

identify them as to'ownership, to indicate. grade or price, or contain otherinformation of a commercial nature, and it has particular reference to a tag that 'may be: quickly connected to goods and readily disconnectedv therefrom.

The invention relates in particular to an identifying; device that may be attached to and detached from articles relegated to laundries and cleaning establishments, and that will remain unaffected by hot and cold water and water containing soaps, solvents and detergents. I

The main object of this invention is to provide a tag; of fibrous material of the above nature that will effectually: repel moisture and remain permanently unabsorptive of liquids in any form; that willretain the indicating or identifying marks thereon; that may be easily and speedily attached to goods by a flexible medium, with parts of the connecting medium securely and permanently sealed in and by the tag, and a partthereof being severable to enable the same to be conveniently and-expeditiously detached.

The essential purpose and object of the present invention is to provide a tag of a material other than fabric or metal and one that will maintain a certain degree of stiffness for clear and easy legibility of the markings thereon and for ready sewing onto goods and that will maintain such stiflfness when it and the garment to which it is attached are subjected to immersion and agitation in a washing machine.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a tag of fibrous material, such as paper, of a texture that while pliant, will preserve its planar form and at all times be impervious to hot and cold water, with whatever dirtdissolving compounds or substances it may be charged.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is waterproof, and in which the free or loose strands of the attaching loop may be sealed with permanent security and with no possibility of dissociation, either accidental or deliberate, without destroying the tag, while the attaching loop of the thread lies exposed on a portion of the tag and requires severance to remove the same from the goods.

Finally a further object of the invention is to provide a tag with a coating of adhesive insoluble in water in any of its forms, but soluble only by special solvent, whereby when a portion of the tag is folded upon itself with the loops between and caught in the tacky coating, the seal is a permanent one.

My invention is shown in preferred form in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. l is a plan view of a tag embodying my invention, the tag being shown before being attached to an article and before being folded.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank or strip of connected tags from which individual units are separated as and when applied.

Fig. 3 is a, plan view, showing a tag attached to an article by a thread, with the flap portion of the tag folded upon the body of the tag and enveloping the loop sections of the threadand sealing them therein and thereby.-

Fig. 4 is an enlarged end view of Fig. 3. Fig. '5 is a plan view of a modified form of tag. Similar numerals :of reference throughout the drawing denote similar parts. i

The device illustrated, embodies 'aistrip or tab 1,;of

convenient andp'racticaldimensions and shaped to,de-.

- fine 'a :tag. I The stripior tag is, composed of fibrous ma-f. terial that is unaffected-by hotiorc'old water and cleansing ingredients contained or dissolved in it.;

, -In the present instance, the tagbody 1 may'ha v'e horizon'tal edges and-oppOsedlateraI edges 3. The major. area/of the body within 'the horizontal and lateral edges thereof is coated or. impregnated with an adhesive material, 'indicated at 5,,ithatisinsoluble and unaffected by hot and cold watergseaps, detergents used' in laundries. The adhesive is a .quick. hesiveness a solvent. 1

This major' coated area of the body 1 is provided with alijned perforations '6, fo'rming"a fold line or index fora portion 7 of the body 1, that is adapted to be folded upon itself, as shown-in Fig. 3, and the attaching loops 8 being designed to pa's's'through said'perforations andto be locked between-the folded portio'nfby the adhesive- "The lateral edges of the body'1, approXimately centrally between the horizontal borders'fare provided with'projec'ting' tangs 9, Figs. 1,3 and 5, which are adapted to be firmly pressed and held against'a solid surface by suitable instrumentation during the folding of the flap 7 onto the body of the tag. i f e Referring'to Fig. 2, it will be noted that where a series of tags is arranged intheform .ofa roll, that is, where one tag is joined to another in indefinite succession, the.-

connecting mediurnis in the nature of anintegral link 10, which holds the individual tags separated. These links are adapted to be severed centrally therethrough to separate the tags and simultaneously leave at each side thereof a projecting tang 9, mentioned above, for the purpose specified.

The hereinbefore mentioned portion or flap 7 that is foldable at the perforation line upon the body 1 of the tag, has imprinted on the reverse side thereof such data and information as may be desired or required. This information, when the portion is folded and sealed against the obverse face of the body, with the loose loops of the connecting thread therebetween, appears then on the obverse face of the body.

The adhesive on the major area of the obverse face of the body 1, normally in dry state and condition, is made available for joining the portion 7 with the body and sealing the loose sections of the connecting threads by a suitable solvent. It will be noted that the area, of the adhesive applied to the body is such that when the portion 7 is folded, the entire coated area is concealed and hence presents no part that may be affected accidentally by a solvent.

The connection of the tag with a garment or fabric 11, is by means of a thread that penetrates the uncoated part of the tag at two points and passes through the article usually at or near an edge thereof, Fig. 3. The loops of the thread 8 are first drawn through one of the perforations and then through the other, a strand 12 of thread being thereby laid upon the reverse face of the tag upon which it lies flat and is always exposed. Severance of this strand is necessary to enable the tag to be removed.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be seen that the lateral edges of the tag at the top and bottom thereof, are obtusely angled. This provision may be made to facilitate the movement of pressure or holding means to en drying one,- requiring for its ad gage and hold down the tangs 9 during the folding operation of the portion 7 and during the severance of -a tag from a strip or roll. However, while such a design is desirable for the purpose stated, a rectangular design, Fig. 5, with laterally projecting tangs 9, is equally as feasible.

The tag revealed in the foregoing is adaptable to and for all classes of soft textile goods and while afwaterproof tag is provided chiefly to resist washing operation and remain impervious to and unaflfected by washing compounds and liquids, it will be obvious that this quality in no wise impairs its use on textile goods that are not to be washed and that this duality of use is an important contribution to the art in obviating the employment of sharp and pointed metallic fasteners and the liability of damage to the goods, as well as injury to the person.

What I claimis:

l; A tag adapted to be fastened to an edge of fabric by a flexible threadcomprising a flexible body of waterproof material having at each side a tang projecting laterally beyond the edges of said body and approximately centrally thereof, a part of said body having a row of horizontally arranged perforations, the greater area of the face of said part being provided with waterproof adhesive and a portion of the reverse face of said part being adapted to have suitable indicia marked thereon beyond the perforations therein; the other part of said body being free of adhesive and adapted to be sewed to fabric by a flexible thread passing through said fabric and part at two points to provide a severable strand on the face of said part, and the loops of the thread being adapted to pass through the perforations in said first-named part, said first-named part with the adhesive thereon rendered active being adapted to be folded upon itself along the line of the perforations therein to seal the loops therein and unite said tag with the fabric, the indicia thereon appearing thus on the obverse face.

2. A tag of the character referred to comprising a flexible body of waterproof fibrous material having near an edge thereof a row of perforations and tangs at each side and centrally of said body, the major portion of the face of said tag being coated with a waterproof adhesive and a portion of the reverse face of said tag being adapted to have suitable indicia marked thereon, and the lesser portion being free of adhesive and adapted to be sewed to an edge of goods by a flexible thread passing through the goods and said lesser portion at two points to provide a severable strand on the face of said portion, with the loops of the thread extended through the perforations, said major portion, with the adhesive thereon rendered active, being adapted to be folded upon itself with the loops sealed therebetween.

3. A tag of the character referred to comprising a strip of waterproofed paper having obtusely angled lateral edges terminating at each side thereof in tangs projecting beyond said obtusely angled edges, a part of said strip having a row of horizontally arranged perforations substantially on a line even with the edges of one of said tangs, the major portion of the face of said strip being provided with a waterproof adhesive and a portion of the reverse face of said strip being adapted to have suitable indicia marked thereon; the lesser part of said strip being free of adhesive and adapted to be sewed to the face of goods by a flexible thread passing through the goods and said part at two points to provide a severable thread on the face of said part, and the loops of the thread being passed through the perforations in said major portion, said portion with the adhesive thereon rendered active being adapted to be folded upon itself along the line of the perforations therein to seal the loops therein and unite said tag with the goods, the indicia thereon appearing thus on the obverse face.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 903,611 Smith NOV. 10, 1908 1,702,599 Griesinger Feb. 19, 1929 1,912,132 Griesinger May 30, 19.33 2,665,509 Flood Jan. 12, 1954 

